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When a fashionista's tastes would blow your gift budget, a book on the subject saves the day. With bookstore shelves bulging this time of year, there's a title to suit every recipient's taste. Here are a few of my favorites.

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"Halston: Inventing American Fashion"by Lesley Frowick, foreword by Liza Minnelli (Rizzoli, $75): The day that Jacqueline Kennedy wore a pillbox hat designed by Roy Halston Frowick to her husband's 1961 inauguration, two fashion legends were launched. Focusing on the latter, Halston's niece and confidante has assembled a spellbinding photo album, scrapbook and biography that...

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